Villar Two-Outs Von Halle on the River to Double
Level 23
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Action folded to Romain Villar in the small blind, and he raised to 40,000. Jan Christoph von Halle in the big blind three-bet to 137,000. Villar thought through his decision before moving all in, in response to which Von Halle snap-called.
Romain Villar: 
Jan Christoph von Halle: 
Board: 
Von Halle was a massive favorite to eliminate Villar preflop and kept his lead right up until the river when Villar miraculously hit one of his two outs to survive and double his chip stack up to over 800,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
280,000
-380,000
|
-380,000 |